Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders

WPI faculty members are at the forefront of many pioneering
discoveries in the field of computer science. As a PhD candidate
you’ll reap the benefits of working alongside these world-renowned
researchers on cutting-edge breakthroughs.

While they have high expectations for your performance and
contribution, WPI professors will offer you much in return. Each
Computer Science faculty member is committed to advising you
through course work, projects, research, and career
decisions. You.ll be heavily integrated within their research
activities and actively engaged in the continuing quest to use
computer science to solve real-world problems.

Finding Patterns that can Improve Sleep

Associate Professor Ruiz designs data mining
algorithms to discover patterns in large
collections of data. She is developing
computational models that seek signatures in human
sleep data with the purpose of advancing the
treatment of sleep disorders.

Degree Requirements

The PhD degree requirements consist of a coursework component
and a research component, which together must total at least 60
credit hours beyond the master’s degree
requirement. Learn more...